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Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 Davis College Graduate Student Research Conference. Please click on the student’s name to read his or her research abstract:

Masters Posters

• First Place: Eric Richard Merriam, Division of Forestry and Natural Resources: Interactive effects of large scale surface mining and residential development on stream condition in a southern West Virginia watershed

• Second Place: TIE: Robin Emily Lukas , Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences: The Effect of Severe Burn, Disuse, and Insulin Treatment on Bone Turnover, Femoral Mass, and Strength

• Stephanie Michelle Wright , Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences: The Effects of Resveratrol and Hind-Limb Suspension on Bone Mineral Content and Strength in Mature and Old Rats

Masters Papers

• First Place: Curran Gehring , Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences: Increasing Mixer-Added Fat Improves Exogenous Enzyme Efficacy and Broiler Performance

• Second Place: Jennifer Fortney, Division of Forestry and Natural Resources: An Evaluation of Forest Landowners’ Participation in West Virginia’s Managed Timberland Forest Tax Incentive Program

PhD Posters

• First Place: Caleb Owens Lemley , Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences: Determination of the contributions of cytochrome P450 2C (CYP2C) and 3A (CYP3A) to the hepatic catabolism of progesterone

• Second Place: Swamy Krishna Tripurani, Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences: Cloning and expression profiling of fetal ovary-expressed microRNAs in cattle

PhD Papers

• First Place: Stephanie Katherine Gatrell, Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences: Alterations in the Mitochondrial Proteome in Broilers fed a Lysine-Deficient Diet

• _Second Place: _ Crissa Kaye Cooey, Division of Forestry and Natural Resources: Evaluation of the Biomarker Pentosidine for use as an Aging Tool for Living Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus)